Ministry Focus: My ministry focus is to help people see the truth of why we are here through living out the faith! I will be serving with a team at two Teen Challenge centres in Central Asia. We will be ministering in three countries; Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. I will be serving alongside the team ministering to people who struggle with addictions and ministering in local churches . My primary focus will be on sharing my testimony and using my gifts to serve the communities we will be in contact with. As well, I will be keeping my eyes observant to anything that could open doors for future mission work in that part of the world
Ministry History: My history with mission work date back to 2014, first serving in Palm Springs with Habitat for Humanity. After that I did 3 years of serving with YWAM with outreaches to Papua New Guinea (Pacific Link medical vessel doing Optom/Primary health care/ Dental and Evangelism outreaches) to Brazil (Amazon Reach doing bible study/ Children's ministry/ bible distribution to River Communities). When I was home I would volunteer at homeless feedings at a local church/street ministry. In 2018, I took a chance to go to Uganda to deliver clothing with a priest named Fr. Bomukama Denis.
Although I had no idea what the situation was like in Uganda, God opened up an opportunity for us to create a project that could help the poor called Farm for the Future; a goat farm that sold goats to provide educational funding for less fortunate children. Since then, the project developed into a community based NFP called Wind Of Hope that now includes a School (Mary Queen of Peace) and a health care center (Center of Mercy) alongside the goat farm. This experience helped me realize that in order to see change you have to see the need, therefore keeping oneself observant to the need and knowing what resources are at disposal can truly bring change!
Prayer Requests:
- To embracing new opportunities to serve, really stretch my ability/capability to serve others.
- To open my eyes to things unseen to potentially open up options for spreading the word or for future endeavors.
- I am challenging myself to not pay for the trip myself, but to rely on fundraising ability/hot sauce sales.